Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in Biostatistics

New York, NY

Present - 2019

Part time student in the Department of Biostatistics. Expected time to completion: five years.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

M.S. in Biostatistics

Chapel Hill, NC

2014

Thesis: A simulation study comparing different methods of handling missing data in the context of type I diabetes clinical trials.

Relevant Biostatistics Coursework: Probability and Statistical Inference, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Categorical Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, General Linear Models, Design of Public Health Studies, Epidemiology, Survival Analysis, Statistical Consulting

Loyola University Maryland

Bachelor of Science in Statistics, cum laude

Baltimore, MD

2012

Research Biostatistician II

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

Present - Jan 2020

• Collaborate with clinicians and health services researchers to answer questions related to healthcare utilization and outcomes for patients with cancer using retrospective institutional data in addition to large population-based administrative databases (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare linked data, Medicare claims).
• Statistician for American Association of Cancer Research Genomics Evidence Neoplasia Information Exchange (GENIE) biopharmaceutical collaborative. Involved in writing standard operating procedures for quality assurance, maintaining a quality assurance dashboard, deriving variables for analysis and performing statistical analyses.
• Assist investigators with study design and research protocols, including performing sample size calculations and power analyses.
• Contribute to grant planning and writing.
• Authored two manuscripts validating the feasibility of using Medicare claims for cancer-specific analyses.
• Developed a repository of SAS macros for routine tasks (e.g. pulling claims from SEER-Medicare data) to improve efficiency and reproducibility.
• Built a project management tool through the R Shiny Application package to easily view the status of past, current and upcoming projects across multiple statisticians.

Research Biostatistician I

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

Jan 2020 - Feb 2018

Assistant Research Biostatistician

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

Feb 2018 - Mar 2017

Biostatistician

NYU Langone Medical Center

New York, NY

2016 - 2017

• Collaborated with the Department of Population Health to analyze orthopaedic health outcomes utilizing large administrative databases (Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey).
• Consulted with faculty, residents, fellows and musculoskeletal research staff in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery to design studies, manage and analyze data, present results, and write methods and results sections of manuscripts.

Biostatistician

Columbia University Medical Center

New York, NY

2016 - 2014

• Provided data management, programming and biostatistics support for the Safe Motherhood Initiative (Merck for Mothers), examining the impact of developing standard approaches to treat obstetric emergencies.
• Utilized large administrative claims databases (National Hospital Discharge Survey, National Vital Statistics System, Premier Perspectives) to explore maternal-fetal outcomes via hierarchical models, age-period-cohort models, and meta-analyses, among other methods.
• Served as a teaching assistant for Applied Methods in Health Services and Outcomes Research (Spring 2015 and 2016).

Graduate Research Assistant

Rho, Inc

Chapel Hill, NC

2014 - 2013

• Provided programming support to the federally funded autoimmune disease team by creating and modifying analysis datasets, tables, listings and figures.

Biostatistics Intern

Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Chapel Hill, NC

2014 - 2013

• Created an experiential learning internship to gain exposure to the field of biostatistics by volunteering to assist a Master’s level statistician with cancer studies by collaborating with investigators, programming analysis datasets, conducting analyses, and assisting with organizational tasks.

Statistical Programmer I / Clinical Data Associate I

Stat-Tech Services, LLC

Chapel Hill, NC

2013 - 2012

• Provided programming support as specified in analysis plans for tables, graphs and listings. Validated statistical output and perform quality control as required.
• Provided data entry and quality control support of statistical packages. Documented data management and validation tasks per standard operating procedures. Responsible for creating, organizing and checking project file content.

Travel award recipient

Women in Statistics and Data Science

La Jolla, CA

2017

Travel award recipient

Women in Statistics and Data Science

Charlotte, NC

2016

Pi Mu Epsilon

National Mathematical and Statistics Honor Society

N/A

2012

Boston University Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics

Recipient of a full scholarship to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute-funded Boston University Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics. The program modules were in biostatistics, epidemiology, clinical trials, statistical genetics and training in SAS.

Boston, MA

2011

Volunteer Coordinator, Professional Development Committee Member, Caucus for Women in Statistics

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Present - 2019

Volunteer, DataKind

Review applications for Google.org’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Impact Challenge on the criteria of impact, feasibility, use of AI, scalability and responsibility in order to help identify the most promising ideas that aim to apply artificial intelligence to achieve positive social impact

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2019

Mentor, 1000 Girls, 1000 Futures, New York Academy of Sciences

Share experiences, advice, and resources throughout the course of a year-long mentoring program focused on leadership, critical thinking, communication and academic preparedness for two consecutive years.

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2019 - 2018

Volunteer, Encounter El Salvador

Participated in a ten-day immersion trip to serve the people of San Salvador and Santa Marta in solidarity and to gain a thorough understanding and appreciation of the country’s history.

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2012

President, Loyola University Maryland’s Chapter of Colleges Against Cancer

Organized fundraisers for American Cancer Society. Coordinated sign up and transportation for volunteers from Loyola to cheer on Memorial Sloan Kettering Fred’s Team runners for the New York City Marathon (2009-2011).

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2012 - 2009

Project GENIE BPC Subcommittee Meeting

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Philadelphia, PA

2020

Data Driven: The Role of Biostatistics in Cancer Research and Health Policy

Invited seminar for the Mathematics and Statistics Department at Wake Forest University.

Wake Forest, NC

2019

Plurality and perinatal mortality: preterm delivery as a mediating effect.

Invited presentation at the Perinatal Epidemiology scientific forum at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine’s 36th Annual Pregnancy Meeting.

Atlanta, Georgia

2016

It’s Time to Shine with the timetrackR App

Presented at RLadies meeting

New York, NY

2020

It’s getting hot in here: A novel application of heatmaps to health outcomes research

International Conference for Health Policy Statistics. In collaboration with Bach PB, Panageas KS.

San Diego, CA

N/A

A Comparison of Provider Profiling Approaches with Respect to Low-Volume Providers

Joint Statistical Meetings. In collaboration with Lipitz-Snyderman A, Li DG, Bach PB, Panageas KS.

Denver, CO

2019

Real World Evidence to Profile Hospitals’ Quality of Surgical Cancer Care

AcademyHealth Datapalooza

Washington, D.C.

N/A

Language and tools for establishing influence as an early-career statistician

Women in Statistics and Data Science

La Jolla, California

2017

Biostatistics Coordinating Center Safe Motherhood Initiative Quarterly Updates

Present at the quarterly meetings of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (April 2015, July 2015, January 2016). In collaboration with Ananth CV.

New York

2016 - 2015

Using Unique Associations to Address Health Policy Questions

Session chair, Joint Statistical Meetings

Denver, CO

2019

The Social Statistician: Navigating Social Media in 2019

Roundtable organizer and facilitator, Joint Statistical Meetings

Denver, CO

N/A

Practical and methodological issues related to profiling hospitals in the United States

Topic-contributed session organizer, Joint Statistical Meetings

Vancouver, BC

N/A

Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Urology

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2018

Ad hoc reviewer, BMJ Open

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Ad hoc reviewer, British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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2014

Ad hoc reviewer, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

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Invited participant, Women’s Leadership Conference

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Baltimore, MD

2012

Quality of life in long-term survivors of advanced melanoma treated with checkpoint inhibitors

Mamoor M, Postow MA, Lavery JA, Baxi SS, Khan N, Mao JJ, Rogak LJ, Sidlow R, Thom B, Wolchok JA, Korenstein D

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2019

J Immunother Cancer. 2020 Mar. PubMed PMID: 32152222.

Assessment of variation in 30-day mortality following cancer surgeries among older adults across US hospitals

Lipitz-Snyderman A, Lavery JA, Bach PB, Li DG, Yang A, Strong VE, Russo A, Panageas KS

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Cancer Med. 2020 Mar. PMCID: PMC7050094.

Toxicity and efficacy of intravitreal Melphalan for retinoblastoma: 25 µg Versus 30 µg

Liao A, Hsieh T, Francis JH, Lavery JA, Mauguen A, Brodie SE, Abramson DH

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Retina. 2020 Feb 26. PubMed PMID: 32106160.

Assessing whether cancer stage is needed to evaluate measures of hospital surgical performance

Lavery JA, Lipitz-Snyderman A, Li DG, Bach PB, Panageas KS

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J Eval Clin Pract. 2020 Feb. PMCID: PMC6842027.

Robust CD4+ T-cell recovery in adults transplanted with cord blood and no antithymocyte globulin

Politikos I, Lavery JA, Hilden P, Cho C, Borrill T, Maloy MA, Giralt SA, van den Brink MRM, Perales MA, Barker JN

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Blood Adv. 2020 Jan. PMCID: PMC6960461.

Inpatient folate testing at an academic cancer center: single-year experience

Epstein-Peterson ZD, Li DG, Lavery JA, Barrow B, Chokshi I, Korenstein D

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Support Care Cancer. 2020 Jan. PMID: 31900617.

The New York State Safe Motherhood Initiative: Early Impact of Obstetric Hemorrhage Bundle Implementation

Goffman D, Ananth CV, Fleischer A, D’Alton M, Lavery JA, Smiley R, Zielinski K, Chazotte C

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Am J Perinatol. 2019 Nov. PMID: 30609429.

A rectal cancer organoid platform to study individual responses to chemoradiation

Ganesh K, Wu C, O’Rourke KP, Szeglin BC, Zheng Y, Sauvé CG, Adileh M, Wasserman I, Marco MR, Kim AS, Shady M, Sanchez-Vega F, Karthaus WR, Won HH, Choi SH, Pelossof R, Barlas A, Ntiamoah P, Pappou E, Elghouayel A, Strong JS, Chen CT, Harris JW, Weiser MR, Nash GM, Guillem JG, Wei IH, Kolesnick RN, Veeraraghavan H, Ortiz EJ, Petkovska I, Cercek A, Manova-Todorova KO, Saltz LB, Lavery JA, DeMatteo RP, Massagué J, Paty PB, Yaeger R, Chen X, Patil S, Clevers H, Berger MF, Lowe SW, Shia J, Romesser PB, Dow LE, Garcia-Aguilar J, Sawyers CL, Smith JJ

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Nat Med. 2019 Oct. PMID: 31591597.

Factors Associated with Utilizing the Same Hospital for Subsequent Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty in Osteoarthritis Patients

Slover J, Lavery JA, Toombs C, Bosco JA, Gold HT.

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Bull Hosp Jt Dis. 2019 Sep. PMID: 31487480.

Implementing Obstetric Venous Thromboembolism Protocols on a Statewide Basis: Results from New York State’s Safe Motherhood Initiative

Friedman AM, Ananth CV, Lavery JA, Fleischer AA, Chazotte C, D’Alton ME

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Am J Perinatol. 2019 May. PMID: 30212917.

National guidelines may reduce socioeconomic disparities in treatment selection for esophageal cancer

Nobel TB, Lavery JA, Barbetta A, Gennarelli RL, Lidor AO, Jones DR, Molena D

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Dis Esophagus. 2019 May. PMCID: PMC6514299.

Trends in Opioid Use Among Older Survivors of Colorectal, Lung, and Breast Cancers

Salz T, Lavery JA, Lipitz-Snyderman AN, Boudreau DM, Moryl N, Gillespie EF, Korenstein D

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J Clin Oncol. 2019 Apr. PMCID: PMC6494264.

Appropriate statistical methods are available to handle biases encountered in blinded, independent, central review (BICR) determined progression-free survival

Lavery JA, Panageas KS

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J Hosp Manag Health Policy. 2019 Apr. PMCID: PMC6625798.

Identifying Cancer-Directed Surgeries in Medicare Claims: A Validation Study Using SEER-Medicare Data

Lavery JA, Lipitz-Snyderman A, Li DG, Bach PB, Panageas KS

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JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2019 Feb. PubMed PMID: 30715928.

Assessing resident perceptions of electronic medical record utilization: what affects the quality of clinical notes?

Phillips D, Fisher N, Lavery JA, Karia R, Kalet A

N/A

2018

Bull Hosp Jt Dis. 2018.

Surgical Accuracy of an Early Intervention Knee Implant Instrumentation System

Lowry M, Buza J, Liu J, Rosenbaum H, Lavery J, Bosco J, Walker PS

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J Knee Surg. 2018 Nov. PMID: 29381882.

Safe Motherhood Initiative: Early Impact of Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy Bundle Implementation.

Simpson LL, Rochelson B, Ananth CV, Bernstein PS, D’Alton M, Chazotte C, Lavery JA, Zielinski K; Safe Motherhood Initiative Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy Work Group

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AJP Rep. 2018 Oct. PMCID: PMC6181646.

Bariatric Surgery and Time to Total Joint Arthroplasty: Does It Affect Readmission and Complication Rates?

Schwarzkopf R, Lavery JA, Hooper J, Parikh M, Gold HT

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Obes Surg. 2018 May. PMID: 29168111.

Therapy Caps and Variation in Cost of Outpatient Occupational Therapy by Provider, Insurance Status, and Geographic Region

Pergolotti M, Lavery J, Reeve BB, Dusetzina SB

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Am J Occup Ther. 2018 Mar/Apr. PMID: 29426383; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5807401.

Continuous Infraclavicular Brachial Block Versus Single-Shot Nerve Block for Distal Radius Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Control Trial

Ganta A, Ding D, Fisher N, Lavery J, Jain S, Tejwani NC

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J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Jan. PMID: 29040231.

Incidence and Risk Factors for Blood Transfusion in Total Joint Arthroplasty: Analysis of a Statewide Database

Slover J, Lavery JA, Schwarzkopf R, Iorio R, Bosco J, Gold HT

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2017

J Arthroplasty. 2017 Sep. PMID: 28579446.

Serious maternal complications in relation to severe pre-eclampsia: a retrospective cohort study of the impact of hospital volume

Ananth CV, Lavery JA, Friedman AM, Wapner RJ, Wright JD

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BJOG. 2017 Jul. PMID: 27770512.

Primary and Repeat Cesarean Deliveries: A Population-based Study in the United States, 1979-2010

Ananth CV, Friedman AM, Keyes KM, Lavery JA, Hamilton A, Wright JD

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Epidemiology. 2017 Jul. PMCID: PMC5501955.

Intraoperative Handoffs and Postoperative Complications Among Patients Undergoing Gynecologic Oncology Operations

Doll KM, Lavery JA, Snavely AC, Gehrig PA

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J Healthc Qual. 2017 Jul/Aug. PMCID: PMC5183519.

Gestational diabetes in the United States: temporal changes in prevalence rates between 1979 and 2010

Lavery JA, Friedman AM, Keyes KM, Wright JD, Ananth CV

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BJOG. 2017 Apr. PMCID: PMC5303559.

Neurodevelopmental outcomes in children in relation to placental abruption

Ananth CV, Friedman AM, Lavery JA, VanderWeele TJ, Keim S, Williams MA

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BJOG. 2017 Feb. PMID: 27102365.

The effect of maternal haematocrit on offspring IQ at 4 and 7 years of age: a secondary analysis

Drassinower D, Lavery JA, Friedman AM, Levin HI, Običan SG, Ananth CV

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2016

BJOG. 2016 Dec. PMID: 27533357.

Cervical ripening agents in the second trimester of pregnancy in women with a scarred uterus: a systematic review and metaanalysis of observational studies

Andrikopoulou M, Lavery JA, Ananth CV, Vintzileos AM

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Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Aug. PMID: 27018469.

Temporal trends in obstetric trauma and inpatient surgery for pelvic organ prolapse: an age-period-cohort analysis

Lisonkova S, Lavery JA, Ananth CV, Chen I, Muraca G, Cundiff GW, Joseph KS

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Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Aug. PMID: 26899905.

Biases in secondary analyses of randomised trials: recognition, correction, and implications

Ananth CV, Lavery JA

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BJOG. 2016 Jun. PMID: 27206028.

Severe placental abruption: clinical definition and associations with maternal complications

Ananth CV, Lavery JA, Vintzileos AM, Skupski DW, Varner M, Saade G, Biggio J, Williams MA, Wapner RJ, Wright JD

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Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Feb. PMID: 26393335.

Placental implantation abnormalities and risk of preterm delivery: a systematic review and metaanalysis

Vahanian SA, Lavery JA, Ananth CV, Vintzileos A

N/A

2015

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Oct. PMID: 26428506.

The prevalence of potentially modifiable functional deficits and the subsequent use of occupational and physical therapy by older adults with cancer

Pergolotti M, Deal AM, Lavery J, Reeve BB, Muss HB

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J Geriatr Oncol. 2015 May. PMID: 25614296, PMCID: PMC4459887.